Horace Hone

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Signed and dated with a pale grey monogram: HH 1795, and inscribed on reverse in ink: Mr Horace Hone

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Head and shoulders to right in dark blue coat, white shirt-frill, grey powdered hair, blue eyes, plump rosy complexion and smiling expression.

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Bequeathed in 1920 by H. V. Metcalfe (possibly a descendant as Hone's sister Mary married a Dr Metcalfe and Nathaniel Hone painted 'Miss Julie Metcalfe with her dog').


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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